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<blockquote data-quote="M-J-G" data-source="post: 7120497" data-attributes="member: 1819"><p>I don't dispute some might not do well and ideally all rams would be bred at 1000ft in the North of Scotland on sh1t grass so that no matter where they went in the UK it would be heading to lower ground and heading to a kinder climate, but life isn't like that.</p><p>Unfortunately a lot of sheep are born on good land in soft southern climates and they have to go north to rough it in rushes on boggy uplands whilst chasing tail around a hillside in the sleet.</p><p>But plenty of them do fine.</p><p></p><p>I bought a Ram lamb last year, he was fed for a sale but I managed to buy him on farm. He came home and got turned out to grass with a few tail end fat lambs and later got chucked out with the stock rams and until he was turned out to work and he has always looked good despite not getting any attention.</p><p>As a shearing having still never given him concentrate (cos why would I) he's a ball of flesh that I wouldn't want him any stronger if I'm honest.</p><p></p><p>3 years ago I bought a sale ready shearling privately a few weeks pre Kelso, he has been shown at the Highland as a lamb so no doubt had his share of feed.</p><p>He came home and got put out to grass and hasn't had concentrate since, he was a strong sheep when I bought him and he's probably only gotten stronger in the the time we've owned him.</p><p></p><p>We have a couple of home bred rams that have never had concentrate in their lives and nobody could have walked in at any stage and told which were forage reared and which weren't as they all cope just the same.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a believer in feeding breeding stock, but plenty that are fed go to farms and do what they are supposed to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M-J-G, post: 7120497, member: 1819"] I don't dispute some might not do well and ideally all rams would be bred at 1000ft in the North of Scotland on sh1t grass so that no matter where they went in the UK it would be heading to lower ground and heading to a kinder climate, but life isn't like that. Unfortunately a lot of sheep are born on good land in soft southern climates and they have to go north to rough it in rushes on boggy uplands whilst chasing tail around a hillside in the sleet. But plenty of them do fine. I bought a Ram lamb last year, he was fed for a sale but I managed to buy him on farm. He came home and got turned out to grass with a few tail end fat lambs and later got chucked out with the stock rams and until he was turned out to work and he has always looked good despite not getting any attention. As a shearing having still never given him concentrate (cos why would I) he's a ball of flesh that I wouldn't want him any stronger if I'm honest. 3 years ago I bought a sale ready shearling privately a few weeks pre Kelso, he has been shown at the Highland as a lamb so no doubt had his share of feed. He came home and got put out to grass and hasn't had concentrate since, he was a strong sheep when I bought him and he's probably only gotten stronger in the the time we've owned him. We have a couple of home bred rams that have never had concentrate in their lives and nobody could have walked in at any stage and told which were forage reared and which weren't as they all cope just the same. I'm not a believer in feeding breeding stock, but plenty that are fed go to farms and do what they are supposed to do. [/QUOTE]
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